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, muVSTVTUTLU.V A IA»T. PHINTEI) VXD PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM J. BUNCE. Conditions, tier., j-y-V or llm CITY PACK It, twice a w.-.ik, Kivu Dollnr» per nnuum, in ailvHncft. r-( oiM’Ry I'Al'r.K, once a week, Three Dollars per ciinuiu, in advance. t -\ r 0 p.vjier disconiimn -I till directionslo thateflccl arc given and all arrearages I*-AID. |v>c. p p; |{,M«. . . Five Delliirs per annum pay.. Lie in advance. • Sfm \\)\ K l'l> bl iVJ KN Th .. . . Will he inserted at t lie rale of * «»j*ty t v.ian I;• half reals, per squar-r, lor the Aral intsrlion tod V»nv I i.ee an'! inrec cjnarh-n -ills, i»r each continuance «••.>.*! Vl '•I A Pit)NS l*v M ul, /ttusf tit Wmi-fin'd. Sales of land and negroes, by Adimnistralors, Kxec.nlors 1 or (Juardians, arc r .pored, i»y law, to he h- 1.1 ~n i: lirsl Tu** .jitv in the in mill, between the hours of ten in l iiforcuo >n and three, in the afternoon, at the Omrt-ilmi •>( tin* comly in which llie property is si tun: Aitice -t Ui s: h nurd he z , v ,.„ in a public gazette SI KT V days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property mm i he given in like man ner. KOKTV days previous to the day <H km ’to Ihe debtors and creditors of hi, 'ate must be published for FORTY days. From the Richmond Enquirer, GKO 11 HI A AND TILK (IRKKK.S. Wf lav before the reader the correspon dence between Gov. 1 roup anil Gen. Gaines; and between (I, • I i nner and the War De partment. From this correspondence it seems that it is no longer a coiuroversy be tween Georgia m the U. States and the In dans; but between the. United >t tes govern meat and Georgia.—H'n e its import a ore. is greatly increased. Ihedeeided language held by the two governm ’tits, must awaken the solicitude, if not alarm the (ears of every friend of this Union. To understand the merits of (be dispute (for such it has bee one) it may he proper to give a brief history of the circumsta ices out of which ii; Iras grown, lo attempting this, we may be led into error unintentional Is, by defective information. Hut, il vve have not misunderstood (he subject, (be facts an-, briefly these. As long ago as the year IHO 2, tin'state, of Georgia was anxious to get rid of an Indian population, who had committed repeated depredations on the frontier settlements, and from whom a mov ancc in some shape or other was always to be expo..ted il they remained. At that, ti ne the territorial limits of Georgia em braced all that line region of country, since elected into the rich and flourishing state of Mubami. Georgia, with (lie double ob ject of gelling rid of these troublesome neighbors, and of adjuring title i» the soil they occupied, entered into a solemn com pact with the United States, in which the U nitcd Slates undertook 'o extin uish the In dian titles within lit present limits of Geor gia, “ «v earli/ os the same could be peacea bly obtained on reasonable levins ” In con si deration of this nndei t: king on the part of the United Siates Georgia ceded lo them (he whole of the country within the present slate of Alabama, of which they took im jn diate possession. The 'mine me sums the United States have received for land. s dd in Alabama, the industrious and Intel ligent population tha* have stuce inhab.tcd it. and the importance to which it is rtipuiiy rising, are all known to the public, ih’re then, wasa contract founded on a vain hie consideration on both sides. W at die U iiiled Stales stipulated to receive ih -v li ive long enjoyed ; and Georgia Ins been impa tiently waiting for the beneli Hie antieipa led. She lias been put oil' lir i 22 years, un der tlu i lea on the part of the United Slates that tiie Indian titles could not “be peacea bly obtained on reasonable terms.” Pin* excitement on this suhj -vt, and the con es potideuce between the Georgia Delegation in Congress and the General 'Government, which occurred several winters ago, cannot have hnni forgotten by the reader. That excitement, however, resulted in the ap pointment of Uommissioneis to negmiate a treaty with the Indians for the cession of their lands and their removal elsewhere.— Those Cumu issioners succeeded in theii mission. They entered into a treaty with the Indians, which stipulates, that they shall receive lands eiptal in quantity and value beyond liie Mi-sissippi, and the sum of S 100,000, as compensation for t>«e improve ments they must übtindoii. Il is also stipu lated th I the Indians shall not lie required to move before Sept. 182 ti. This Treaty was solemnly ratified by the ('resident and Se nate. From that moment, the state of Georgia claims title to the soil, ml express es a wish to have it surveyed ; so that when the Indians shall “ remove there will be nothing to do, but occupy and settle the country.” Governor Troup applied to the party who had made the treaty, and obtain ed their consent to the surveys. Ir should be borne io mind that the Creek nation is composed ol ninny tribes scattered over a considerable extent id territory; and a part of them residing within the territorial limits of Alabama, who fought bravely against us in the late war, and whose lands are not in cluded in the treaty. But we believe all the lands occupied by the Creeks are held in common. At this crisis the principal difficulty seems to have arisen. Il was no sooner known that the lands were to be surveyed, than a spirit of dissatisfaction with the treaty was stirred up among the Indians. Mclntosh ami others were murdered under (he charge ot having violated a law ol the Nation ; and the besides, so called, disavowed the treat' and muni! .'Med a disposition to oppose in surveys by turce. Governor Croup assert* that tlii» hostile spirit, existing but parti,,ll \ bi lore, was stirred uji by the exertions an* i tlueiice > f tlu* United States’ Agents sta tinned in the Nation, and who are political 1} opposed to him. He contends that ill tie tv w s fairly negotiated, and freely a- ■ luliy entered into by a number of ludiat - deputies, sufficient to give it validity—and , that the title to the soil being now vested absolutely in Georgia, the right to survey the lands follows as a consequence ; but to be exercised wi bout molestation to tbe In dians. That they cannot be required tore -11 move until tiept. 1820, is acknowledged on :r all hands. The United States Agents deny any in strumentality in producing the excitement among the Indians; they declare the treaty j to have been obtained by fraud and corrup lion, and that the great majority of the In dians were al ways opposed to it and to the ( surveys. Under these circumstances Gen. ~ Gaines, and Maj. Andrews were both sent j to Georgia by the General Government, the one in a military and the other in a civil ca juicily. What has since occurred must be i familiar to every one. We pass over the local and personal causes of excitement and irritation. The controversy has arrived at such a point, tliai these are minor considerations Georgia, (although not in fart a (tarty to the treaty, ’ L beneficially so. It was made in execution of a contract with Ii *r tint ought long since to have been complied with. The General Government have either forbidden die sur veys on the ground that the treaty is itself ii audulent, or hat it confers no rights and creates no obligations whatever until Sept. 182(i; which is mentioned as tbe most dis I taut day for the removal of he Indians.— It is impossible that tin* government can act {under an impression that the treaty is hand ulent ; b -cause its orders were U-u* d before ’ any investigation had been bad, that could s have fund died the grounds for such an opin ■ ion. But, even,if it were in possission of, (evidence on lb s paint, whence we ask, does the presid'-nt derive authority virtu .Ily to K ylecluii- a reaty null and void? The right! r jof t> ir,>, in Mi in,ike the surveys at tins time must dejiend i-idicr up n the treaty it-elt, ' or ujion dn consent of the Indians. Gov-' '■ ernor LVmiji contends for the i 'glit, upon bmh these giounls; and lias announced (o: II Gen. Gaines and to the (’resident, As de ■tj termination to cxe-cise it "tost what il will” And lie is ilireat *ned with rest '■ tance hotu b the United S ates and th In fi dians. Wh.it is to resul from this state ot i tilings we are at a loss io conjecture We 8 j trust that neither j> rty will pieced to * \ htremities, and that dm pear am! ii:ij>j;■ ••. of the country will not be .;< ; diced j such a question. That (!■■ Goveim-i vat ■ convince Gen. G. t( In on Jit ;isobe\ his orders, is not m ik. 1 v i..ppe ■ than that G >v, T will i. 1 • ut - nkii jhe has so sob.nnd-• del** >mn i , do. V\ l l Confess We are bill'd w ;ij» ebeasioos 1 d the result. New io. -o-.« irotu n bingtou, can June ». "■ ;.., i.ig ■ n,00d.. il both parties in G > m .i their! ' g.ound. j the rights of Georgia • been with 'hold for in ny years ; she ha ■ ncretidon bad ' just ground lo c'inplain of lb ''den! Go-i L veromi'iH —out In r lormer grie lin es are) no ,11‘ig io comparison ul h r present. Tliej ’ loss ol I 2 or 14 months i. got mg posses j sinii id die ceded land-, si ,k« to nutliiog oy 3 (lie -ideof the injuries -h • sustains as an huh pendent state. Her Governor and her I Legislature Imv • been equdlv contemned ‘ and insulted. F>e lute and cry have been rai.-ed ag.nisl tliem, tor boldly and fearless ly asserting what hey deemed their rights. Kvery term of reproach has been exhaust ed upon them by die sycophants of that' 1 power, whose tendency to reduce the suites * to mere subordinate corporations, is becom-; mg more and more aji pa rent every day. [ The rights of a slate, when in conflict with the interests ol the General Government or ‘ even with the prejudices and feelings of those who administer, il have too often, of late, been as dust in the balance. On this occasion we would separate ihe rights of 1 Georgia as a stale, Inmi the individuals who * admi dster her atl’iirs. Making that separa * tioti, how does the matter stand ? Toe In * dians have made a treaty, which has been ‘ golem ly ratified. Political partisans, de termined to deprive an individual, who is, I tor the time, Governor, of the honor of com i jileliiig the arrangements for getting oos ", session of the lae s during his admiuistra * lion, inlerlere in the matter. They busy themselves among the Indians; play nj>oii I their credulity ; excite their fears, and rouse ' the inveterate feelings and prejudices by which they are distinguished; and if ru mour may be credited, “ by intrigue, bribe ry and other disgraceful means, prevail uji ' on them to e iter a protest against tne trea s ty” —and to violate it. Instead of tins Jv- II lug ris to a controversy between the tndi- I ans and the United States government, it is s by a process of involution vet to be xplain "led, made a matter of controveisy between die Federal Government and Georgia * Are rights ot the people of that state to he II sacrificed or disregarded, because her Le gislaiure and her officers have not sjiokeo in s the courteous and perhaps aecejiia' le lan -11 guage of adulation, if not of supplication? V\ e have not withheld our opinion of the s intimperance ol Governor Troup’s Ian l! guage. His y.ealin the service of In. state e may have led him into extravagances ; but II tie has not been without causes tor exeiie -uent But ought intemperate zeal in a just ause, to blind us to what is due to the ac ■ .viiowledged rights of a state ? Putting aside every tiling of local noli irs or of personal consideration in this as-j di'. we cannot but think that there is some' 1 Misunderstanding at \\ ashingtun, and at 1 lilledgeville, which properly explained, ■oulil lead to a speedy and amicable ad -111 juslmeut of matters, ’it is due to the coun. 11 try that an earnest effort should be made son the subject. II that effort should ■fail, a y suspension of further proceedings on the » part of both governments, until the meet - ing of Congress, should be agreed upon, And then let the whole matter be submitted ito the Representatives of the Nation. Be fore that Body, as we have already sug gested, it will not fail to be fully enquired t into. In the mean time let the President i enquire into all the circumstances alfect - ing the validity of the treaty ; the conduct -of the public Agents ; and of the Indians, j If Georgia be right or wrong, it may be . made to appear without resort to force. t I'he threat contained in Gen. Game’s let s ter, which we noticed in a previous number, appears from the correspondence now pub • lisned, not to have been gratuitous, as we had supposed. It is strongly to be inferred 1 be was authorized to make it ; and the de i terminations of the Governor as expressly ! avowed, left him no alternative, but to give , that intimation of “ the painful duty” which, , under bis orders, events might make it ne i cessary to perform. This statement is due ■i to Gen. G. But it does not remove the ob I j action we urged Instead of the General’s • jmaking the lineal of forcible resistance to t’ the execution of a law of an independent state, within its own limits, and founded up on a public treaty which hud been made in execution ol along deferred contract; the threat comes through him, from the govern ment -it Washington. This circumsts- * is an aggravation of the indignity IV red to Georgia, it ditiers essentially 1- . the menace held over Gov. Rabun >i une state, on a former occasion, la thai case, the indignity proceeded not from W ash ington, but from a distinguished General, at the head of a victorious army. Altbo’ it was protested against at the time, bath in Georgia and elsewhere, it escaped the no I lice of the Government. Have v nothing 1 to fear from he multiple.:.'ion of such pre-j cedents ? ll they increase at this rate, j what in tinj will be me of the St it veie anti -, '.‘he r \ enumerated powers •granted to the F haul Government, will, jby im, I* o , coiistrin ■ a, be made ms. mse “ re- ■ to Antes or • ” a si le dare pu upon a etur Pit only a dilVer nt con lr, m t. , put by •he General Go ’■ bf ; nr (fare exe i a right or pow i belonging ■it in its i (dependent char ict.c-r, ifo' o’ parted wi’h in the federal comps, the bayonets of the Union are to h i 1 ;,■.1 1 , 1 1«Iy put in lequisition to chas ■ I As n Iractory and rebellious spirit! 'ibis subject we wish to be distinctly fnirrsioo'i. In the absence of so many of! h<‘ (iti, ,is connected with this controversy ;j ,in (he absence.of the orders given to Gen. i ! G dines and Major Andrews; of the vo- II ume ol tesiimo >y collected by them ; and jot the evidence relating to the formation of !the treaty and the conduct of the Indian j Agents—it would be impossible to form a j correct opinion ol the wnole of Governor j I’roup’s conduct, or of the justice of the (charges made by him against the public A g" its. But enough is know to convince every unprejudiced mind that the rights of Georgia have not been duly respected, and that she has been treated more lik* a de pendant province, than an independent slate. In support ol n is opinion we appeal to the whole history of this controversy for the j last 10 rears; to the fact, that whilst the Indian titles have been extinguished in j Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, they ; have been neglected in Georgia ; to the let ter ol the Special Agi nt, suspending Crow ell, and to the correspondence now laid be- I me the public. From the New-York American, August 2. The following pathetic narrative, by “ A Spectator,” of the melancholy occurrence ol which we yesterday gave the particulars, will be read with interest; and without,i "e hope, renewing unavailing but most! natural tears. 1 happened to be one of the passengers on I board die Brooklyn ferry boat on Saturday! | last, when a most melancholy accident oc -j leaned, ot which, for several reasons, I shall (give you a detail, la the first place it is I(I ue to the heroism of some of the parties! concerned ; it is an act of justice towards the } I helmsman of the steam boat, to exculpate) him from any blame in this unhappy busi ness ; and 1 also hope it may serve as a cau tion to persons who may be rowing close along the wha ves, not to pass a steam boat wharf without tirst ascertaining the situation j ol the boat. i'lie steam ferry-boat was just doubling! the end of the pier, at Fulton slip, when a small barge shot from behind it, and immedi-j aiely came in contact with the head of the boat. The alarm was instantly given, and the machinery stopped about the moment when the barge came in contact with the bar) j supporting ihe rudder of the boat. This bar upset the small boat, owing to the impetus of the lerry-buat, and a heavy ide which began to set down the river. The boat contained iwo ladies, three children, two gentlemen, land one servant, beside the two oarsmen. In la moment, one gentleman who was a good ■swimmer, appeared a 1 the opposite end of I the boat, having dived under the wheel which jhe says had still a slight motion. One of l the sailors soon appeared, nearly drowning, at a distance down the stream, and was re lieved by a small bout near him; while at the same instant, an infant child was seen, on the watei’s edge, immediately beside the . boat. The little innocent just discoverei e signs of life, and as plainly showed that it a was fast Heeling. Never did 1 wish for the e powers of an experienced swimmer until ;- that moment, and I am now convinced that i. it is a duti/ to attain them. I had read d of distressing casualties, shipswrecks and ■ - drownings, but never before did I feel such thrilling agony as that moment occasioned. J Oil God ! it is a fearful sight to behold tire it thread of human existence severed—to see the tender and helpless pass, by a single t step, from time to eternity, without the pow i. er of extending the smallest assistance. In ea moment, ere these conflicting and agoniz ed feelings could shoot through my brain, a colored man (a noble fellow !) dashed in -, to the gaping wave and presently rose with i- the little helpless burthen in his arms. A e shout of joy welcomed him from the specta il tors, but tills feeling was soon changed on - observing that the brave fellow appeared to y be incapable of sustaining himself and his e little charge, and was gradually losing ij strength. VVe instantly threw overboard a - bench, which falling near him, he would in a ei moment have gained it, and saved the child. But it was otherwise ordered. A boat from s| (he shore rowed by two seamen, pulled ra ojpidly for the spot, and encouraged by the t shouts of the beholders, strained every nerve -for fear of being too la e. The head of the i poor black was turned toward the floating e bencli which he had nearly gained :—the - backs of the rowers were toward liim, and in - their haste t .ey took no time to look around iat his situation. Shrieks were sent out to, . warn them, but too late. When they sprang) .t> ir bow, it was upon the drowning— /they seized by the hair the generous blackj . (now almost stunned by the blow) the boat, passed qt Fly over the spot where they bad >st uggled i t ve never saw the poor babe i again. -r gurgling noise, with a faint icitsci ; i the water: showed, as I r though 1 '!• re it had just sunk to rise no | aior**, ,1 i die mean time, a servant woman was .(saved on the other side ot the boat, witli the /two elder children—one by the prowess of a , sailor boy, who was an oarsman in the uu • fortunate boat, and who deserves something r more than mere encomiums. After saving i the boy, he espied the body of the sinking la - dy, and still clinging to bis little charge, • sprang at and caught her by the string of her . hut. But the. faituh ss garment parted in his - hand, and its hapless tenant sunk beneath I him. j At this moment I saw by my side the fran . tic mother, who bad been elsewhere picked up and put on board without my observing r it. He r despair was enough to have melted fj the heart of a pirate. Sue bad no tears, for jjgtief and despair had drank them dry. “ Old - /give me my children!” was her cry—“ If , . y<m have any pity, give me my children !” | i Sire was shown one of them just arrived with f her maid servant. Scarcely observing them, i the heart of the mother yearned alter those l that were gone; and she cried, ‘‘yes, yes! ■but there ate three of them!” She was , . charitably deceived with the belief that the other two were saved.—“ Are you sure,”) ; she exclaimed, —“ both of them P” Both, f was (he reply. “ Then God bless your lips 1 for that word,” I cannot continue the subject, and perhaps , I have already said too much. ’Tis perhaps ■ intruding upon the sacred privacy of a niolii ■ er’s sorrow, in which none more sincerely ■ sympathizes than one who was an afflicted. 1 i SPECTATOR. Norfolk, August 13. Arrival of a French Fleet in Hampton ■, ■ Hoads. —The French squadron under Ad- I mirals Jurien and Grivel, which were at i Port-au-Prince during the negotiation of the t treaty between the French and Haytien Go i vernuieiits, and subsequently touched at lia- i 1 vana, arrived in Hampton Roads on Friday : , last, in 13 days from the latter place—the squadron consists of two ships of the line, 1 two of 6t) guns, four of 44, a corvette and ( ■ {two brigs, in all eleven sail,* and is the! t, largest man of war fleet that has been with-p in our waters for nearly thirty years, except', ( that under Admiral Cochrane, during the', . late war. VVe had the pleasure of a full/ j view of them from Wiloughby’a Point, as), they stretched across the bay from the,, . Cape to Old Point Comfort, under easy , . sail, with a fresh easterly breeze, with inter-, , , vals of about two miles between them, and , .| a more grand and imposing exhibition, or one better calculated to inspire admiration, . cannot well be conceived. On coming to , anchor the senior Admiral’s ship, the Elyan, - fired a salute, which was answered by a j corresponding number of guns from Fort- ‘ ress M onroe. ■) We understand the squadron will remain J jin our waters until the hurricane season in ( I the West Indies is over. ——— | ( * L Kylnri, CO trims, Admiral Jurien, Capt Clemnndot* I Le J>*an Bari, 71, Vdmir-.l Grivel, Captain Brone I , Lu Venus, HO, Caption Vlemuuvrier de Fresne i La Clorinde, r ' 00, Capt. Pellepbrl; La Themis, *l4, Capt. Kussel ; La Mallei- i ‘ i eune, 44, (’apt L* loud ; Plassan; La Nymphe, Capt. Cuvilliar; \ iLa Medee. 44, Capt Puureux ilernesle ; corvette La S tinman j dre, Capt. Custe ; I»ri«r Lo Curieux, Lieut. Golias; brigantine 1 f L’Antelope, Lieut. Mauduit. { 1 The ship Imperial, Irom Sisal, announces , that the French brig Henrex, of Brest, was , /stranded on the Allacrans on the 26th of , I! May, on her voyage from Alvarado to Bor f deaux. The master and crew were saved i! —six passengers lost. One of the passen fjgers had on board S'oo,ooo in specie, 20,- , 000 of which was stolen by the wreckers. •New lorlc Gaz, llthinst. t , It appears from the New-Orleans papers, e'received by the mail yesterday, that the d Yellow Fever has broke out at that place. j aanttaa m——— b CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA. 1 FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1825. We lay before our readers to-day, a sen -3 sible and well written article Irom the 2 RICHMOND ENQUIRER, UpOll the COlltrOVCr ' sy between Georgia and the General Go -1 verninent. It is gratifying to observe, that we are not abandoned by independent and - disinterested Republicans of oilier states, i though some serviles among us, forget the 1 claims and interests of Georgia, in a vio i lent and newly awakened zeal tor the Fe , deral Government, which nodded, it it did j not sleep through the Presidencies ol Jes ! ferson and Madison, yawned tiirougii that 1 of Monroe, and tirst resumed its activity, at the restoration of the Adams dynasty. . We regret that we have not room for the s account of a late meeting at the Holly ; Spring. We avail ourse ves of the per mission given us by our correspondent, to ! publish some of the toasts 1. The Union :—Originating in mutual compromise, it can exist only by mutual for jbearance. 2. The President :—Though elected bv a (combination of Hie East and the West,” ho (must respect the rignts and feelings of the :Suuth and the Centre. 3. Georgia-. —May none ever find their interests in her bosom, who do not feel her interest in tneirs. 4. The Southern Stales :—May they ne ver surrender a right or suDu.it to a wrong. 5. Thomas Jefferson: —\n old fashion ed republican, pure and solid : some of the late coinage are out brass gilt. gCT 3 Beware oj Counterfeits. ti. Governor 1 roup :—Honest though ex cessive 'Aeal is the natural defence against fanaticism and injustice. 7. Commodore Toner: — The late admin istration only pardoned pirates: the pi'esent try those who take them. 8. Peace: —May alt who would avoid a social, strike no spark to light a servile war. 9. Our Minister to England :—His sym pathy tor the enslaved extended not to the Exiles of Ireland :—“ ’tis of a black com plexion altogether”—May he be king of Liberia. 10. The Fair Sex :—Ever dear to us, while we have hearts to love or hands to guard them. — 343©— A young gentleman of high respectability, and in whose honor and word we place the utmost confidence, yesterday brought to our office a cotton plant, about five feet high, as a sample of the havoc Hie catterpillar is performing on some of the plantations on St. Simons. This plant is leafless, and has on ly three b dls of cotton left on it. There fore, taking this as a sample, the prospect of the planter is gloomy in the extreme. Darien Gazette, Aug. 16. The Rice harvest, we have authority for seating, will commence on two plantations to.morrow at Santee.— Georgetown Gaz. —e»o© General Lafayette, attended by his Son, and Secretary, felt the city on Saturday, in the steam boat Mount Vernon, tor Vnginia, on a farewell visit to the venerable cijiz.. ns Jefferson, and Madison, and oilier gentle men in that part of toe country. The Gene ral will not return to Washington before the 24th instant. [Bat. Ini, — 9o© Mr. Clinton. —Last evening His Excellen cy Governor Clinton arrived in town Irom j Philadelphia, and left ihis morning in the steam boat for Albany. The reception he [met with in Ohio, and in the other states which he visited, is no less honorable to them than gratifying to his private feelings. He undertook the journey to promote a great national improvement, and every where he was welcomed as a public benefactor, enti tled to the warmest acknowledgments of all who have the welfare of the country at heart. [A’. Y. Eve. Post, 1 2,1 h inst. Gale at St. Thomas. —We learn by a St. Thomas paper of the 27th ul l. furnished by capt. Curtis of tiie schr. Alligator, that a violent gale from the eastward was experi enced there on the 26th, which lasted till next morning. Two brigs, 7or 8 schrs. and the like number of sloops, besides a number of small craft were driven ashore. Capt. C. informs that the schr. Harriet, of Phila delphia, was the only American vessel dam aged, and that she, with most of the others, wounl probably be lost. The wharves were much injured, and a number of fences blown down. Ibid. Fire —A fire occurred in Portland on the Gth inst. which originated in a bake house, and was caused by the unwarrantable prac tice of leaving faggots and combustibles of a like description in an oven over ni<r|it, for the purpose of dry ing, preparatory "to their use on the following day. The "fire was preceded by a loud explosi m from the even, and immediately afterwards the two adjoin ing buildings were enveloped in flames. Ibree buddings were burnt, and one pulled down a> a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the flames.